§ Mr. Roger Kingasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether, in response to the suggestion made by the National Development Control Forum, he will make arrangements for the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations to be reviewed, with a view to improving and simplifying their operation.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinThe amended and consolidated Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 1984, which took effect on 2 May, contain some provisions which have remained substantially unchanged since 1948; and I have therefore decided, in response to the national development control forum's suggestion, to set up a working party of officials, under my Department's chairmanship, with the following terms of reference
To examine the practical operation of the Control of Advertisements Regulations, with a view to producing a more efficient, effective and simplified system; and to make agreed recommendations.My Department will shortly issue invitations to participate in the working party to officers of the local authority associations, organisations representing outdoor advertising interests, and the professional bodies and national amenity organisations with an interest in control over outdoor advertising.